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I do not like to leave more than 2cm space in the neck of the bottle. The space is called ullege. If you have a half bottle use a 330ml beer bottle.

I love the taste of toasted french oak in mead. Friends of mine are winemakers here in Orange and they switched me on to adding oak. I've found that the best way to get the most out of the oak(y) flavor is the soak the oak chips in a small amount of (very clean, not the cheep stuff) vodka. After...

Sounds awesome Barls.

There is a bit of truth in the Eucalyptus "Rumor"...It comes from the Americans...and Americans being strange and all (I am one) had this faze at one stage to add eucalyptus oil to honey to use as a "natural" wound dressing and the like...My mom being all hippie like and all used to use it on me...

I took a reading yesterday of my "ginger beer"....wow how time changes things. I think I mentioned that I kinda planed for the drink to be a hand lemonade. well the lemon flavour really came forward when I tasted it on Saturday. So I decided to chuck some frozen raspberries into the drink and...

I've never been to Branxton, but I know that the Hunter Valley has a few apiaries (bee keepers). I live in Orange NSW and get my honey from my local apiaries for about $5 a kilo. The honey is wonderful and fresh and I'm sure you can find something similar near Branxton.

I have not bottled the ginger beer yet, only taking a sample. I'm planning on giving it at least three weeks in the fermenter before I even think of bottling. I live in a very cold area, and my fermentation room is also my wine cellar. It sits at about 12-15 in winter. Perfect for beer brewing...

Well I decided to give my little concoction a taste tonight and I was quite impressed. I have never made beer before and have never used malt, so when I decided to buy a 1kg pack it was little of a "what the hell" moment. I can say I think the addition it quite pleasing. I was expecting a much...

Inspired by a good friends winter tea recipe I decided to try her concoction as a brew. I'm fairly new to brewing/mead making and I would love to hear your thoughts. The recipe is as follows: 400ml of fresh lemon juice 200g of fresh cut and pealed ginger (pounded with a mortar and pestle) 3g...